Just in case- Alternatives to SageTV

[rickgillyon]

Originally Posted by joe123

So Jeff thought about SageTV customers, loyal SageTV contributors who have put in thousands and thousands of hours for Free for Jeff "SageTV" and then Jeff took a look at the MONEY Google offered him and he came to a decision.

Your world looks like a pretty cold, dark, cynical place Joe. Glad I don't live there...

[heatvent]

Granted, not how I would have worded it, but I think I generally agree. Someone flashes a couple million in front of me (or whatever we all think the price was) and an employment contract, I would cash in too, rather than being swallowed up and beaten down as the Google's and D-Link's and Logitech's and Comcasts of the world continue to compete with you. How many of you "loyal" customers would take it in the chin for SageTV. If someone said to avoid the Google buyout, you would have to give Jeff $10,000 each, would you. Come on, he was in business to make money otherwise he would have given it all away for free. I applaude Jeff for what he created and he deserved to benefit from his hard work and ingenuity.

If you think about it the way you are then you must think that Jeff has been screwing the independent contributors all along. He never shared his revenues on SageTV sales, he never created a paid for plugin program. Then again, I think the contributors is some way asked for SageTV (let me be able to customize it) and gave away their hard work generously.

[tvmaster2]

Hauppauge released an alternative today...

[SHS]

Originally Posted by tvmaster2

Hauppauge released an alternative today...

Oh you must ref to the WinTV DCR-2650 that nothing wait in tell see what next.
Any any of you guest what DCR means?.

[Biggen]

Originally Posted by SHS

Oh you must ref to the WinTV DCR-2650 that nothing wait in tell see what next.
Any any of you guest what DCR means?.

What are you two talking about? I can't find anything

[SHS]

Click on Hauppauge Facebook

[SHS]

Just so all know they be shipping the end of July. They will be start taking orders next Monday just so you know.

[Biggen]

Hmm...

Another USB Hauppauge device? Well, I'm not jumping for joy considering there track record with other USB devices (HDPVR anyone?).

Would have much rather it had network connectivity like the Silicon Dust tuners. But I'll reserve judgment until the reviews come in.

[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by SHS

Any any of you guest what DCR means?.

Probably Digital Cable Receiver/Recorder or something similar... a dual tuner, USB connected CableCard tuner honestly isnt' all that attractive, when there are 3, 4, and 6 tuner models on the market/horizon.

[SHS]

Yup it Digital Cable Receiver and I belive it should be Silicon Dust/Hauppauge they both work tough on it but with one less tuner so no 3, 4 or 6 tuner models on the horizon.

[stanger89]

Originally Posted by tvmaster2

Hauppauge released an alternative today...

Not sure how another cablecard tuner is an alternative to SageTV (DVR software package).

[gplasky]

But I would assume as with the SiliconDust device it won't work natively with SageTV unless changes are made to the core. Which won't happen. (Now it may work with SageDCT. Or SageDCT may need modifications for it to work. Not sure.)

Gerry

[BobbyDing]

Looks like Dual Tuner.
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http://www.missingremote.com/news/20...-certification

[tvmaster2]

Originally Posted by stanger89

Not sure how another cablecard tuner is an alternative to SageTV (DVR software package).

I was hoping it would record in a format that can be managed by the user, but that doesn't appear to be the case.
If you could at least play files at different locales in the house, that would be something, but I can't do that with my cablecard Tivo files if the flag has been set, which it has been on most premium and many HD channels by my cable company.

[SHS]

Originally Posted by tvmaster2

I was hoping it would record in a format that can be managed by the user, but that doesn't appear to be the case.
If you could at least play files at different locales in the house, that would be something, but I can't do that with my cablecard Tivo files if the flag has been set, which it has been on most premium and many HD channels by my cable company.

You mean something like H264 over MPEG2HD?.

[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by SHS

You mean something like H264 over MPEG2HD?.

I think he meant something unencrypted.

[SHS]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

I think he meant something unencrypted.

Oh that then it the same other it honors all Copy Control Information.
Only supports Windows 7 Media Center.
You still need a Tuning Adapter for Switched Digital Video Cable System.
What comes in gets recorded so if 1080p comes in then 1080p is recorded so it just copy the in coming steam nothing more.
It can't do Pay-Per-View or Video On Demand.
Clear QAM yes, ATSC no.

[heatvent]

http://ebm.cheetahmail.com/c/tag/hBO...8C0aZ/doc.html

[reggie14]

I think I'd be happy with a TiVo, except that I want multi-room viewing. You can sort of do that with a TiVo Premiere now, but I'm hoping the TiVo Premiere Elite (aka Premiere Q) will have a client-server mode that is closer to what we have with SageTV and the extenders.

[valnar]

Originally Posted by heatvent

http://ebm.cheetahmail.com/c/tag/hBO...8C0aZ/doc.html

Interesting. I never owned a Tivo before.

Now if they can just make it a client-server setup where all Tivos in other rooms can watch the same content, they may have something. Even better if it could do the Popcorn Hour/Dune type stuff too, like watching MKV/MP4/AVI files from your network. If only somebody would think of marrying a DVR with a media streamer. Oh wait.....